Systems and methods for intelligent patient interface exam station

Abstract

Presented are systems and methods for examining patients and generating diagnostic medical data to make automated diagnoses and treatment recommendations to patients and doctors. Various embodiments of the present invention provide patients with diagnostic tools and audio/video guidance to reliably and accurately perform clinical grade diagnostic measurements of key vital signs. In embodiments, this is accomplished by using an automated remote (or local, e.g., in the form of a kiosk) end-to-end medical diagnostic system that monitors equipment usage for accuracy. The diagnostic system analyzes patient responses, measurement data, and patient-related information to generate diagnostic and/or treatment information that may be shared with healthcare professionals and specialists, as needed. Automation provides for timely, hassle-free, and cost-effective health care management that takes the stress out of doctor visits, while delivering personalized health care. The high accuracy of generated diagnostic data improves health care to patients and reduces the risk of medical malpractice for treating physicians.

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BACKGROUNDTechnical Field[0001]The present disclosure relates to health care, and more particularly, to systems and methods for automatically examining patients and generating diagnostic medical data and treatment recommendations.Background of the Invention[0002]The inconvenience of scheduling an appointment with a physician or other health care provider in a time-efficient manner is causing a gradual shift away from patients establishing and relying on a life-long relationship with a single general practitioner to diagnoses and treat the patient in health-related matters, towards patients opting to receive readily available treatment in more conveniently located urgent care facilities that provide relatively easy access to health care without the hassle of scheduling appointments oftentimes weeks or months ahead of time. Yet, the decreasing importance of primary doctors makes it difficult for different treating physicians to maintain a reasonably complete medical record for each pa...

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The inconvenience of scheduling an appointment with a physician or other health care provider in a time-efficient manner is causing a gradual shift away from patients establishing and relying on a life-long relationship with a single general practitioner to diagnoses and treat the patient in health-related matters, towards patients opting to receive readily available treatment in more conveniently located urgent care facilities that provide relatively easy access to health care without the hassle of scheduling appointments oftentimes weeks or months ahead of time.

Yet, the decreasing importance of primary doctors makes it difficult for different treating physicians to maintain a reasonably complete medical record for each patient, which results in patients having to repeat a great amount of personal and medica...

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